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Who is Christ?

Posted in Father Andrew's Desk, Homilies | Tagged 1st eccumenical council, 7th Sunday after Pascha, ascension, Orthodoxy - by Fr Andrew Applegate
Who is Christ?

Live audio file Ascension/Fathers of the 1st Eccum.  Council  May 28, 2023 John:17:26                                                   We have finished the Paschal cycle for this year, we do not use the Paschal greeting “Christ Read more…

“We are all Blind ”

Posted in Father Andrew's Desk, Homilies | Tagged 6th Sunday after Pascha, man born blind, Orthodoxy - by Fr Andrew Applegate
“We are all Blind ”

Live audio recording 6th Sun after Pascha; May 21, 2023   John 9: 1-38      Fr. Andrew   Christ is Risen!!! In today’s gospel, Christ gives sight to the man born completely Read more…

The Seventh Sunday of Pascha

Posted in St. Aidan Community | Tagged Orthodoxy, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
The Seventh Sunday of Pascha

This is the Sunday of our great and venerable Fathers in Christ of the 1st Ecumenical Council. These 318 bishops from every part of the Christian world gathered in the Read more…

The Ascension of our Lord

Posted in St. Aidan Community | Tagged Orthodoxy, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
The Ascension of our Lord

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of Jesus. By His Ascension, the Lord not only opened to man the entrance to heaven, not only appeared before the face Read more…

You are a Vineyard

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You are a Vineyard

Today we commemorate the Icon of the Mother of God “You are a vineyard”, named for a Georgian hymn written by St. Damiane: You are a vineyard newly blossomed. Young, Read more…

St. Photoni Living Water!

Posted in Father Andrew's Desk, Homilies | Tagged 5th Sunday after Pascha, Orthodoxy, St. Photini, Worship in Spirit and Truth - by Fr Andrew Applegate
St. Photoni Living Water!

5th Sun after Pascha, May 14, 2023; St. Photini – Living Water!   John 4: 5-42;  Fr. Andrew Today we have the Gospel reading from St. John of the Samaritan woman Read more…

Do you Want to be Healed?

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Do you Want to be Healed?

Live audio version Sunday of the Paralytic: Gospel: John 5: 1-15 : Epistle: Acts 9: 32-42   May 7, 2023   fr andrew I love this time between Pascha and Ascension Read more…

Divine Liturgy – Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

Divine Liturgy – Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

On the seventh Sunday of Pascha, we commemorate the holy God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. The Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council has been celebrated by the Church Read more…

Divine Liturgy – Sunday of the Blind Man

Divine Liturgy – Sunday of the Blind Man

At the end of Chapter 8 in Gospel of Saint John, the Savior was disputing with the Pharisees in the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles. He told them, “Your Read more…

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